Jordan Allen-Dutton Explained

Jordan Allen-Dutton (born April 16, 1977) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is best known for co-creating the play, The Bomb-itty of Errors, and for his writing on the stop motion television series, Robot Chicken.[1]

Biography

Allen-Dutton was born on April 16, 1977, in Palo Alto, California.[2] [3] [4] He graduated with a B.F.A. degree from New York University (NYU), Tisch School of the Arts at the Experimental Theatre Wing.[5]

In 1999, he co-created and starred in The Bomb-itty of Errors, a so-called "Add-Rap-Tation" of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, that mixed hip-hop and Shakespeare. The show debuted in New York (Off-Broadway) at 45 Bleecker St. and went on to run in London (West End), Chicago, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Dublin, Florida, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and continues to play around the world.[6] The Bomb-itty is published by Samuel French.

In 2002, Allen-Dutton co-created and starred in the MTV sketch comedy series, Scratch & Burn and attended the Sundance Institute's Screen Writing Lab with a film adaptation of The Bomb-itty of Errors.

In 2004, Allen-Dutton formed Famous Last Nerds with collaborator Erik Weiner their musical comedy Nerds, about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs' rise from garage inventors to titans of the digital age.[7] [8] Weeks before their Broadway debut, Famous Last Nerds was abruptly canceled before performances, due to financial troubles.

Allen-Dutton and Weiner's video Shawshank In A Minute was directed by John Landis and won JibJab's Great Sketch Experiment in 2006.[9] Allen-Dutton co-wrote many songs with Erik Weiner including, "I'm So Straight", "One Line on the Sopranos " and "I Google Myself" produced by Yung Mars.[10]

Allen-Dutton has also written for and produced television shows such as America's Best Dance Crew, Snoop Dogg's Fatherhood, NBC's The Sing-Off, the MTV Movie Awards, the HBO poetry show Brave New Voices and Lip Sync Battle.

In addition to writing and producing Allen-Dutton founded a software company in 2004 called Talking Panda,[11] that creates applications for mobile devices. Talking Panda's software iLingo a talking phrasebook was among the first products in the apple store [12] and was featured in Time Magazine in the Nov 03, 2008, issue. Talking Panda iLingo was also included in the iPhone App store on the day it launched.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations . ComingSoon.net . 2008-07-17 . 2010-12-17 . 2012-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120904142538/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=46945 . dead .
  2. News: A NIGHT OUT WITH: The 'Bomb-itty' Boys; Perchance to Rap. 2000-02-27. The New York Times. 2019-11-11. en-US. 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: Nerds is a stage musical chronicling Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates. Walton. Mark. 2016-01-15. Ars Technica. en-us. 2019-11-11.
  4. Web site: The Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Musical Is Coming to Broadway. Oberhaus. Daniel. 2016-01-24. Vice. en. 2019-11-11.
  5. Web site: Apples & Windows: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Are Nerds in New Musical. Jones. Kenneth. 2006. Playbill. en. 2019-11-11.
  6. Web site: Cagle . Jess . They're Da Bomb . EW.com . 2000-02-10 . 2010-12-17 . 2012-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019041753/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84987,00.html . live .
  7. Web site: The Fyre Festival of Broadway? How a Bill Gates-Steve Jobs Musical Became a "Trail of Disappointment, Anger and Unpaid Vendors". The Hollywood Reporter. 12 April 2019 . en. 2019-11-11.
  8. News: 'Nerds' on Broadway Is Canceled. Paulson. Michael. 2016-03-08. The New York Times. 2019-11-11. en-US. 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: JibJab Audience Votes Comedy Troupe "Famous Last Nerds" Winner Of Great Sketch Experiment . https://web.archive.org/web/20070121194207/http://www.prweb.com/releases/Sketch/Comedy/prweb480289.htm . dead . January 21, 2007 . Prweb.com . 2010-12-17.
  10. Web site: Ben Westhoff . Rappers with low self-esteem: Bragging about going broke - Page 1 - Music - San Francisco . SF Weekly . 2009-01-21 . 2010-12-17.
  11. Web site: Talking Panda - Software Publisher Profile - Download.com . Download.cnet.com . 2010-12-17.
  12. Web site: XtremeMac announces Talking Panda iLingo - Language translator for iPod | iLounge News . Ilounge.com . 31 August 2004. 2010-12-17.
  13. Web site: Bon Voyage: iLingo on iPhone | iPhone applications | iPhone Games | iPhone Game Reviews | iPhone Tips |iPhone News updated daily. . iPhone Footprint . 2008-07-30 . 2010-12-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713054530/http://www.iphonefootprint.com/2008/07/bon-voyage-ilingo-on-iphone/ . 2011-07-13 .